Chevron's "Scientific" Strategy

How does Chevron legally justify the high toxic levels of samples taken in the contaminated areas previosuly worked by Texaco? Easy - by making up its own standards rather than abide by Ecuadorian law:

 

 

NORM TPH/SOIL

LAW

SOURCE

Chevron

10,000 ppm (Criteria)

Chevron

Ecuadorian Law

1,000 ppm

Decree 1215

National Comptroller General

300 ppm

Special report on Chevron

Texas

230 ppm

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Missouri

200 ppm

EPA

Arkansas

100 ppm

EPA

Delaware

100 ppm

EPA

Georgia

100 ppm

EPA

Nevada

100 ppm

EPA

Montana

100 ppm

EPA

Washington

25 ppm

EPA

TPH = Total petroleum Hydrocarbons
ppm = parts per million

(Interestingly, 19 soil samples taken in contaminated areas reflected a HIGHER ppm level than even Chevron's own preposterous 10,000 ppm standard. Some reached the devastatingly toxic level of a full 260,000 ppm) 

So, who makes environmental law in Ecuador?
Parliament, or Chevron?

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Purveyors of Chevron's Fraud

Rodrigo PEREZ PALLARES

"Children all over the world get cancer"

Rodrigo PEREZ PALLARES

CHEVRON ATTORNEY UNDER INDICTMENT FOR SIGNING FRAUDULENT CLEAN-UP AGREEMENT ON THE OIL GIANT´S BEHALF, THEREBY SELLING OUT THE HEALTH OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. HE SAYS THAT "CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD GET CANCER."

SEE ALSO:


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Myths QA 20SEP06.pdf (55.70 KB)
 
Does Chevron respect the law and human rights in Ecuador? You decide.  On its website Chevron pledges to “conduct business in a socially responsible and ethical manner” and “to respect the communities” where it operates.  But Chevron’s defense in the historic environmental trial in Ecuador’s rainforest (“Lago trial”) can hardly be considered “ethical” or respectful of human rights.

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CHEVRON: THE REAL HUMAN STORY IN ECUADOR
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